Spout construction



June 16, 1931. w. R. HENION sPoUT CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 27. 1950Patented June 16, y1931 l y UNITE-D STATES Fries WALTER R. HENION,

TUNING COMPANY, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,

OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSGNOR TO BOE MANUFAC- CORPORATION OF'MINNE- sroufr CONs'rRUC'rION Application led Januari 27, 1930. SerialNo. 423,678.

ing emptied sothat the filling and emptying operations are facilitated.

My main object is to provide in a spout construction, a means forcompletely assembling a'spout, a cap andan inner wall together withoutthe-use of solder.

Still a further object is to provide a spout construction consisting ofa cap adapted to be v screwed or otherwise secured to a bottle or otherreceptacle, an inner wall in the cap for forming a vent cavity betweenthe inner wall and the cap, portions of the inner wall and capcontacting with each other and a spout extending through spout openingsin the cap and the inner wall and having flanges above the cap and belowthe inner wall for holding the cap, the inner wall and the spout memberin assembled position with respect to each other. n

Still a further object is to provide in a spout construction having acap formed with a top wall relative to which a spout member can besupported, an inner wall for the purpose of forming a vent cavitybetween the top wall of the cap and such inner wall, all or a portion ofthe inner wall being spaced from the top wall of `the cap for forming-such vent` cavity. Y l

Other objects are to provide means for preventing rotation of the innerwall relative to the cap and vent openings in the cap and inner wall.

With these andl other objects in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various l parts of mydevice, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in i which: v

Figure 1'is a perspective view of an oil bottle, as used generally inoil service station-s, with one of my improved type of f spoutconstructions applied thereto.

Figurey 2 is a plan view of the spout con struction. i y.

. Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figurer2.

Figure 4is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3. f

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5,-5 of Figure 2, illustratingin a laid-out formation the vent slits, baffle pocket-s and ventcavityof the spout construction.

Figure 6 is an inverted plan view of the I spout construction and Figure7 is a fragmentary sectional View showing a special type of gasket forthe.

device.

On the accompanying drawings l have used the reference numeral 11 toindicate an oil bottle, which, is of such shape as to be readily carriedby the hand 13 of a service station attendant.l yMy spout constructioniskk indicated generally lby the reference character A and consists of acap 10, spout member 12 and inner wall 14. The cap 10 maybescrew-threadedor otherwise arranged for co-V acting with the top of thebottle 11 or other receptacle. v y The cap 10 includes a dome-shaped topwall 16, having a central spout opening 18.

vTheinner-viali 14 has a peripheral gasket shoulder 20, adapted toContact with a gasket shoulder 22of the cap 10 and is provided with acentral spout opening 24. As shown at the left side of Figure 4, theinner wall 14 substantially fits the dome-shaped top wall y 16 of thecap 1() throughout a substantial portion of its annular length. Theremaining portion of its annular length is curved inwardly, as indicatedat 26.

The portion 26 extends from api-point ref ferredto as 26a downwardlytherefrom to the dotted line 26?) in Figure 2, whereby'a vent cavity 28is formed between the top wall 16 of the cap 10 and the inner wall 14,as best shown in Figure 3 of the drawings..v

The top wall 16 of the cap 10 is provided with a vent opening 3() of theslit and bulged type as best shown in Figure 5. The inner wall ld isprovided with a slit vent opening 32. The vent openings 8O and arearranged to cause travel or air from the interior of the bottle ll tothe exterior thereof as indicated by the arrows Se (see Figure 5) whenfilling the bottle thru its spout. vWhen the bottle ll is being emptied(by inverting it) air rushes into the bottle as indicated by the arrowsfor displacing` the oil flowing out oil it and makes possible a speedydischarge of oil from the botti'.

The spout l2 has an outwardly bent and an inwardly rebent flange 36above the top wall 16 oi' the cap 10 and an outwardly bent flange 3Sbelow the inner wall lll. rlhe intermediate portion ot the spout betweenthese flanges extends through the spout openings otl the cap l0 and theinner wall. Thus the spout 12 is securely attached to the cap and theinner wall and holds them assembled relative to each other without theuse of any soldered connections, the entire assembling operation beingperformed ior instance on a press.

A gasket l() is provided for sealing against leakage of the fluid 'fromthe bottle l1 and rests against the gasket shoulder 20 of the inner wall14. l/Yhen the cap l0 is screwed onto the bottle 11, there will be someslight tendency for the cap to rotate relative to the inner wall 14; andthis may prevented, it found undesirable, by upward depressions i2 inthe gasket shoulder 20 of the inner wall lll, which it into similardepressions da in the gasket shoulder ol` the top wall 16 of the cap 10.No further securing means need be provided to prevent rotation ot thecap relative to the innerwall or vice versa.

In Figure 6 I have illustrated a modilied f orm of spout construction inwhich the periphery of the gasket shoulder 20a is of less diameter thatthe inside diameter of the cap 10a. This leaves the gasket shoulder 22aor vthe top wall 1G of the cap 10 exposed to' the Grasket 40a across aspace indicated by the bracket Thus the gasket alla, which may beoriginally formed with a stepped upper surface as shown or which may beof suiiicient resiliency to assume such shape upon the cap 10 bei-ngsecuredto the bottle 11, contacts with both the shoulder 20ct and theportion 50 of' the shoulder 22a for forming a seal to prevent oil fromleaking out of the vent cavity 28 between the members 20a and 22a anddown through the threads on the nec-k of the bottle 1l and then seepingdown over the outside surface of the bottle as is possible by theIconstructions shown in Figures 3 and 4. This construction forms a veryeiiective sealing method to prevent the seepage of liquid between theunconnected outer edges of the inner and upper walls 14 and 16.

From the description of my invention, it will be obvious that a spoutconstruction is provided having the desirable features of staggered ventopenings, communicating with a vent cavity in an oil cap and the partsare secured together in a simple manner without the use or solder whichis a Considerably more expensive process than when a iiange, such as theiiange 38, can be turned outwardly and pressed against the inner wall lefor tightly securing the inner wall and the cap between such flange andthe `flange 36.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theparts of my device without departing from the real spirit and purposeoi' my invention,and it is my intention to cover by my claims, anymodil'ied orinsor" structure or use of Inechanical equivalents, whichmaybe reasonably included within their scope.

l claim as my invention: f

l. ln a spout construction, a cap. having a peripheral ledge, an innerwall in said cap and having its edge in 'contact with said ledgeand aspo-ut member having langes above the cap and below the inner wall forholding the cap, inner wall and spout assembled together.

2. in a spout construction, a cap having a peripheral ledge, an innerwall in said cap and having its edge in Contact. with said ledge, saidcap and inner wall having each an opening, the portions of the capandinner wall adjacent said openings being in contact with each other, aspout secured to said cap and inner wall at such portions, a part ofsaid inner wall being spaced from said cap toy form a vent cavity andvent openings in the cap and the inner wall and communieating with saidvent cavity.

3. Ina spout construction, a cap having a gasket shoulder and a spoutopening, an inner wall having a gasket shoulder contacting with thegasket shoulder of said cap and a spout opening, the portions of saidcap and inner vail adjacent the openings therein contacting with eachother, a spout thru said spout openings andsecured to the edges of theopenings, a vent cavity between said cap and said inner wall and ventlopenings in theI cap and in the inner wall.

it. ln a spout eonstruction,acap having a gasket shoulder and a spoutopening, an inner wall having a gasket shoulder contacting with thegasketshoulder of said cap and a spout opening, the portions of said capand inner wall adjacent the openings therein contacting with each otherand a spout thru said spout openings and secured to the edges of theopenings.

5. in a spout construction, a cap having a gasket shoulder and a spoutopening, an inner wall having a gasket shoulder contacting with thegasket shoulder of said cap and a spout opening, a spout thru said spoutopenings and secured to the edges of the openings for thereby assemblingthe cap and inner Wall together and ooacting means on said shoulders toprevent rotation of the cap relative to the inner Wall.

6. In a spout construction, a cap having an annular shoulder and a spoutopening, an inner Wall having an annular shoulder in contact With theannular shoulder of vthe cap and a spout opening, a spout thru said oenings and secured to the edges thereoi.' by

flanges above the cap and below the innerl Wall for thereby assemblingthe cap and in` ner Wall together, such edges being adjacent each otherand clamped together by said flanges.

7. In a spout construction, a cap having an annular shoulder and a spoutopening, an inner wall having an annular shoulder in contact with theannular shoulder of the cap and a spout opening, a spout thru saidopenings and secured to the edges thereof by iianges above the Vcap andbelow the inner Wall for thereby assembling the cap and inner Walltogether', such edges being adjacent each other and clamped together bysaidflanges, said inner Wall being spaced from l said cap to form a ventcavity and oppositely arranged, staggered vent openings in said cap andinner Wall.

Des Moines, Iowa, January 7, 1930.

WALTER R. I-IENION.

